When the Ephesian converts burned their books on magic, they showed that the things in which they had once most delighted were now the most abhorred. It was by and through magic that they had especially offended God and imperiled their souls, and it was against magic that they showed such indignation. Here was given the best evidence of true conversion.{LP 138.1}

Da de nyomvendte i Efesus brændte deres bøger om magi, viste de at de ting som de tidligere var henrykt for, var det mest afskyelige. Det var ved og gennem magi at de havde forhånet Gud på særlig måde og bragt deres sjæle i fare, og det var imod magien at de udviste denne vrede. Her kom det bedste bevis på sand omvendelse.